Developments
This book enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the wake of Harry Potter and the filming of Roald Dahl novels during the past decade. As of October 2005, there have been negotiations between the author and a private animation-film company to produce a feature-length "David and the Phoenix," but nothing concrete has been announced by the author as yet.
In 2002 Full Cast Audio released an unabridged recording of the novel, as read by a cast of ten actors, and featuring Ormondroyd himself as narrator. The production was hailed by AudioFile Magazine, which said, "Every line of the book's warmth, humor, and gentleness comes to life in Bruce Coville's superb multicast production."
Some Dark Shadows fans have speculated as to the surface similarity between Ormondroyd's whimsical novel, and the 1967 subplot featuring Laura Murdoch Collins, who reveals her true sinister nature as Laura the Phoenix, as she tries to claim her estranged nine year old boy—named David. However, writer Malcolm Marmorstein has never been asked whether this book might have inspired his decision to make Laura Collins into this mythological creature.
New York Times best selling author David Weber used the book as a recurring motif in the Honor Harrington novel At All Costs, with a brief footnote about his own childhood love for the book. In fact, the original cover of At All Costs shows Honor Harrington reading from David and the Phoenix to her infant son Raoul. The 2010 novel Out of the Dark also mentions the book as a favorite of one of the main characters' children.
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